When – 25th October 2025
Where – Irish Natural Stone, Booleevin, Boston, Co. Clare
The annual Farming For Nature Gathering will be held on Saturday 25th October in Boston, Co. Clare as part of the Burren Winterage Weekend 2025 (October Bank Holiday).
This will be a day of walks out on the Burren, talks, a cattle drive followed by the annual Farming For Nature Ambassador Awards.
This event allows us to come together to celebrate farmers across Ireland who are striving to work alongside nature, and to share ideas on how these great custodians might best be supported at a time of great challenge and opportunity.
All farmers and other interested parties who want to be part of this discussion and learn more about farming for nature are welcome to attend.
Schedule
Farming For Nature at the Burren Winterage Weekend
Saturday 25th October
10.30am-12.30pm: Farming For Nature in the Burren
Farm Walk led by Dr. Brendan Dunford out on the Burren, location provided nearer time – near Boston.
1.30pm-2.30pm Knowledge Exchange: ‘Three Ideas for Your Farm That Could Change Everything’
Three of our new ambassadors will be making short presentations about one thing they’ve implemented on their farm that changed everything. Nature-friendly related, of course!
Ambassadors: TBC
Chaired by: TBC
2.30pm-3.30pm The Hare’s Corner Book Launch
Written by Catherine Cleary, the book shares ten inspiring profiles of Burrenbeo participants, from farmers and families to schools and community groups, whose small but powerful actions are helping restore habitats and revive species across both rural and urban landscapes. The book also features evocative poems by Jane Clarke, enchanting illustrations by Jane Carkill, and striking photography, weaving together words and images that invite us all to reconnect with the wild corners of our world.
3.30pm-5.30pm Cattle Drive with Burren Farmer Pat McCormack
5.30pm-8pm Free Time
Kinvara is the closest town to the venue and a great place to get some dinner
8-9.30pm The Annual Farming For Nature Ambassador Awards
Meet and celebrate our new Farming For Nature Ambassadors for 2025; exemplary farmers acting as stewards for their landscapes. Event is hosted by journalist, Ella McSweeney.
10pm(ish) (Gathering in Tully’s pub for a chat/pint)
Booking:
Sunday 26th October – Community Cattle Drive
10am – Food Fayre & FFN stall opens
11am-12pm – Knowledge Exchange Session 2 – ‘From The Horse’s Mouth’, Advice Clinic with Farming for Nature Ambassadors
Farming for Nature Ambassadors will be on hand to answer any and all questions related to how to farm with and for nature. All questions welcome – from how to manage your hedgerows, how to help your soil or even how to go about digging a pond. Join this session and ask an expert.
Farming For Nature Ambassadors & Panellists: TBC
Chaired by: TBC
12.30-2.30pm – Community Cattle Drive
On Sunday, the 26th of October, you are invited to join the Burren Winterage Cattle Drive -the flagship event of the weekend where hundreds of people join a local farming family in herding their cattle to the winterage pastures. This year’s drive will be the host will be Pat McCormack, Burren farmer and proprietor of Irish Natural Stone.
Don’t forget the hour change!
Burren Winterage Weekend:
Details of other events happening at the Burren Winterage Weekend can be found on www.burrenwinterage.com.
The full program for the weekend is available to view here https://www.burrenwinterage.com/programme/. Tickets will go on sale soon.
For a preview of what the weekend is like, see here:
